Mark D. Scherz
Tenure Track Assistant Professor
Research
Universitetsparken 15
2100 København Ø
- 2024
- E-pub ahead of print
DNA sequences from type specimens and type strains - how to increase their number and improve their annotation in NCBI GenBank and related databases
Renner, S. S., Scherz, Mark D., Schoch, C. L., Gottschling, M. & Vences, M., 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Systematic Biology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- 2023
- Published
A new large-sized species of leaf-tailed gecko (Uroplatus) from northern Madagascar
Glaw, F., Köhler, J., Ratsoavina, F. M., Raselimanana, A. P., Crottini, A., Gehring, P., Böhme, W., Scherz, Mark D. & Vences, M., 2023, In: Salamandra. 59, 3, p. 239-261 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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A new species of Pandanus-dwelling frog from northern Madagascar related to Guibemantis pulcher
Vences, M., Hutter, C. R., Glaw, F., Rakotoarison, A., Raselimanana, A. P. & Scherz, Mark D., 2023, In: Zootaxa. 5306, 1, p. 97-115 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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An initial molecular resolution of the mantellid frogs of the Guibemantis liber complex reveals three new species from northern Madagascar
Koppetsch, T., Pabijan, M., Hutter, C. R., Köhler, J., Gehring, P., Rakotoarison, A., Ratsoavina, F. M., Scherz, Mark D., Vieites, D. R., Glaw, F. & Vences, M., 2023, In: Vertebrate Zoology. 73, p. 397-432 36 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Gray versus yellow ventral coloration: Identity, distribution, color polymorphism and molecular relationships of the microhylid frog Platypelis mavomavo Andreone, Fenolio & Walvoord, 2003
Rakotoarison, A., Scherz, Mark D., Mullin, K. E., Crottini, A., Petzold, A., Ranjanaharisoa, F. A., Maheritafika, H. M. R., Rafanoharana, J. M., Vo, H. R., Andreone, F., Glaw, F. & Vences, M., 2023, In: Zootaxa. 5352, 2, p. 221-234 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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High diversity of deep mitochondrial lineages meets low morphological distinctiveness – insights into the complex phylogeography of the Malagasy leaf-tailed geckos Uroplatus sikorae and U. sameiti
Gehring, P., Scherz, Mark D., Bailey, C. A., Louis, E. E., Ratsoavina, F. M., Glaw, F. & Vences, M., 2023, In: Salamandra. 59, 2, p. 158-178 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Integrative revision of the Blommersia wittei complex, with description of a new species of frog from western and north-western Madagascar
Vences, M., Multzsch, M., Köhler, J., Crottini, A., Andreone, F., Rakotoarison, A., Scherz, Mark D. & Glaw, F., 2023, In: Zootaxa. 5319, 2, p. 178-198 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Ongoing declines for the world’s amphibians in the face of emerging threats: [Inkl. Correction]
Luedtke, J. A., Chanson, J., Neam, K., Hobin, L., Maciel, A. O., Catenazzi, A., Borzée, A., Hamidy, A., Aowphol, A., Jean, A., Sosa-Bartuano, Á., Fong G., A., de Silva, A., Fouquet, A., Angulo, A., Kidov, A. A., Muñoz Saravia, A., Diesmos, A. C., Tominaga, A., Shrestha, B. & 103 others, , 2023, In: Nature. 622, 7982, p. 308-314 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Repeated divergence of amphibians and reptiles across an elevational gradient in northern Madagascar
Scherz, Mark D., Schmidt, R., Brown, J. L., Glos, J., Lattenkamp, E. Z., Rakotomalala, Z., Rakotoarison, A., Rakotonindrina, R. T., Randriamalala, O., Raselimanana, A. P., Rasolonjatovo, S. M., Ratsoavina, F. M., Razafindraibe, J. H., Glaw, F. & Vences, M., 2023, In: Ecology and Evolution. 13, 3, 17 p., e9914.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- 2022
- Published
An inordinate fondness for inconspicuous brown frogs: integration of phylogenomics, archival DNA analysis, morphology, and bioacoustics yields 24 new taxa in the subgenus Brygoomantis (genus Mantidactylus) from Madagascar
Scherz, M. D., Crottini, A., Hutter, C. R., Hildenbrand, A., Andreone, F., Fulgence, T. R., Köhler, G., Ndriantsoa, S. H., Ohler, A., Preick, M., Rakotoarison, A., Rancilhac, L., Raselimanana, A. P., Riemann, J. C., Rödel, M-O., Rosa, G. M., Streicher, J. W., Vieites, D. R., Köhler, J., Hofreiter, M. & 2 others, , 2022, In: Megataxa. 7, 2, p. 113-311 199 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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An integrative taxonomic revision and redefinition of Gephyromantis (Laurentomantis) malagasius based on archival DNA analysis reveals four new mantellid frog species from Madagascar
Vences, M., Köhler, J., Crottini, A., Hofreiter, M., Hutter, C. R., Du Preez, L., Preick, M., Rakotoarison, A., Rancilhac, L., Raselimanana, A. P., Rosa, G. M., Scherz, Mark D. & Glaw, F., 2022, In: Vertebrate Zoology. 72, p. 271-309Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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An unexpected new red-bellied Stumpffia (Microhylidae) from forest fragments in central Madagascar highlights remaining cryptic diversity
Mullin, K. E., Rakotomanga, M. G., Dawson, J., Glaw, F., Rakotoarison, A., Orozco-terWengel, P. & Scherz, Mark D., 2022, In: ZooKeys. 1104, p. 1-28Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Between a Rock and a Hard Polytomy: Phylogenomics of the Rock-Dwelling Mbuna Cichlids of Lake Malawi
Scherz, Mark D., Masonick, P., Meyer, A. & Hulsey, C. D., 2022, In: Systematic Biology. 71, 3, p. 741-757 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Chamaeleonidae, Chameleons, Tanalahy, Sakorikita, Tarondro
Scherz, Mark D., Prötzel, D., Randrianantoandro, C., Rakotomalala, D., Karsten, K. B. & Raxworthy, C. J., 2022, The New Natural History of Madagascar. Goodman, S. M. (ed.). Princeton University Press, Vol. 2. p. 1506-1516 11 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
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Convergence, divergence, and macroevolutionary constraint as revealed by anatomical network analysis of the squamate skull, with an emphasis on snakes
Strong, C. R. C., Scherz, Mark D. & Caldwell, M. W., 2022, In: Scientific Reports. 12, 26 p., 14469.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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DNA barcodes on their own are not enough to describe a species
Zamani, A., Fric, Z. F., Gante, H. F., Hopkins, T., Orfinger, A. B., Scherz, Mark D., Bartoňová, A. S. & Pos, D. D., 2022, In: Systematic Entomology. 47, 3, p. 385-389 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › Research › peer-review
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Discovery of frogs of the Stumpffia hara species group (Microhylidae, Cophylinae) on Montagne d'Ambre in northern Madagascar, with description of a new species
Rakotoarison, A., Glaw, F., Rasolonjatovo, S. M., Razafindraibe, J. H., Vences, M. & Scherz, Mark D., 2022, In: Evolutionary Systematics. 6, 1, p. 21-33 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Diversity and exploration of the Malagasy amphibian fauna
Glaw, F., Crottini, A., Rakotoarison, A., Scherz, Mark D. & Vences, M., 2022, The New Natural History of Madagascar. Goodman, S. M. (ed.). Princeton University Press, Vol. 2. p. 1305-1322 18 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
Gekkonidae, Geckos, Katsatsaka, Tsatsake
Bauer, A. M., Scherz, Mark D., Crottini, A., Ratsoavina, F. M. & Glaw, F., 2022, The New Natural History of Madagascar. Goodman, S. M. (ed.). Princeton University Press, Vol. 2. p. 1474-1479 6 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
Gekkonidae: Uroplatus, Leaf-tailed geckos, Tahafisaka
Gehring, P., Ratsoavina, F. M., Scherz, Mark D., Raselimanana, A. P. & Raxworthy, C. J., 2022, The New Natural History of Madagascar. Goodman, S. M. (ed.). Princeton University Press, Vol. 2. p. 1480-1485 6 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
Gerrhosauridae, Plated Lizards, Bekaratsaka, Antalabosy, Androngo
Raselimanana, A. P., Scherz, Mark D., Prötzel, D. & Glaw, F., 2022, The New Natural History of Madagascar. Goodman, S. M. (ed.). Princeton University Press, Vol. 2. p. 1490-1494 5 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
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Integrative revision of the Lygodactylus madagascariensis group reveals an unexpected diversity of little brown geckos in Madagascar's rainforest
Vences, M., Multzsch, M., Gippner, S., Miralles, A., Crottini, A., Gehring, P., Rakotoarison, A., Ratsoavina, F. M., Glaw, F. & Scherz, Mark D., 2022, In: Zootaxa. 5179, 1, 61 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Mantellidae, Mantellinae: Gephyromantis
Scherz, Mark D., Crottini, A. & Rakotoarison, A., 2022, The New Natural History of Madagascar. Goodman, S. M. (ed.). Princeton University Press, Vol. 2. p. 1371-1374 4 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
Mantellidae, Mantellinae: Guibemantis
Lehtinen, R. M., Scherz, Mark D. & Vences, M., 2022, The New Natural History of Madagascar. Goodman, S. M. (ed.). Princeton University Press, Vol. 2. p. 1374-1378 5 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
Mantellidae, Mantellinae: Mantidactylus and Boehmantis
Scherz, Mark D., Vences, M., Rabibisoa, N. H. C. & Andreone, F., 2022, The New Natural History of Madagascar. Goodman, S. M. (ed.). Princeton University Press, Vol. 2. p. 1365-1368 4 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
Mantellidae, Tsingymantinae: Tsingymantis
Glaw, F., Rakotoarison, A. & Scherz, Mark D., 2022, The New Natural History of Madagascar. Goodman, S. M. (ed.). Princeton University Press, Vol. 2. p. 1381Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
Microhylidae, Dyscophinae: Dyscophus
Vences, M., Crottini, A., Scherz, Mark D. & Rakotoarison, A., 2022, The New Natural History of Madagascar. Goodman, S. M. (ed.). Princeton University Press, Vol. 2. p. 1395-1396 2 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
Microhylidae, Scaphiophryninae: Scaphiophryne and Paradoxophyla
Crottini, A., Rabearivony, J., Rakotoarison, A., Scherz, Mark D. & Rosa, G. M., 2022, The New Natural History of Madagascar. Goodman, S. M. (ed.). Princeton University Press, Vol. 2. p. 1391-1395 5 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
Microhylidae: Cophylinae, Microhylid frogs
Scherz, Mark D., Crottini, A. & Rakotoarison, A., 2022, The New Natural History of Madagascar. Goodman, S. M. (ed.). Princeton University Press, Vol. 2. p. 1382-1390 9 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
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Molecular taxonomic identification and species-level phylogeny of the narrow-mouthed frogs of the genus Rhombophryne (Anura: Microhylidae: Cophylinae) from Madagascar
Belluardo, F., Scherz, Mark D., Santos, B., Andreone, F., Antonelli, A., Glaw, F., Muñoz-Pajares, A. J., Randrianirina, J. E., Raselimanana, A. P., Vences, M. & Crottini, A., 2022, In: Systematics and Biodiversity. 20, 1, p. 1-13 13 p., 2039320.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Population diversification in the frog Mantidactylus bellyi on an isolated massif in northern Madagascar based on genetic, morphological, bioacoustic and ecological evidence
Rasolonjatovo, S. M., Scherz, Mark D., Schmidt, R., Glos, J., Rakotoarison, A., Raselimanana, A. P. & Vences, M., 2022, In: Plos One. 17, 3, 28 p., e0263764.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Pseudoxyrhophiidae and Psammophiidae, Colubroid snakes, Bibilava
Cadle, J. E., Scherz, Mark D., Ruane, S., Burbrink, F. T., Raxworthy, C. J. & Glaw, F., 2022, The New Natural History of Madagascar. Goodman, S. M. (ed.). Princeton University Press, Vol. 2. p. 1525-1531 7 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
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The future of zoological taxonomy is integrative, not minimalist
Zamani, A., Dal Pos, D., Fric, Z. F., Orfinger, A. B., Scherz, Mark D., Bartoňová, A. S. & Gante, H. F., 2022, In: Systematics and Biodiversity. 20, 1, p. 1-14 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- 2021
A comprehensive phylogeny of dwarf geckos of the genus Lygodactylus, with insights into their systematics and morphological variation
Gippner, S., Travers, S. L., Scherz, Mark D., Colston, T. J., Lyra, M. L., Mohan, A. V., Multzsch, M., Nielsen, S. V., Rancilhac, L., Glaw, F., Bauer, A. M. & Vences, M., 2021, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 165, 12 p., 107311.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Completing a taxonomic puzzle: integrative review of geckos of the Paroedura bastardi species complex (Squamata, Gekkonidae)
Miralles, A., Bruy, T., Crottini, A., Rakotoarison, A., Ratsoavina, F. M., Scherz, Mark D., Schmidt, R., Köhler, J., Glaw, F. & Vences, M., 2021, In: Vertebrate Zoology. 71, p. 27-48 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Consequences of parallel miniaturisation in Microhylinae (Anura, Microhylidae), with the description of a new genus of diminutive South East Asian frogs
Gorin, V. A., Scherz, Mark D., Korost, D. V. & Poyarkov, N. A., 2021, In: Zoosystematics and Evolution. 97, 1, p. 21-54 34 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Deconstructing the Gestalt: New concepts and tests of homology, as exemplified by a re-conceptualization of “microstomy” in squamates
Strong, C. R. C., Scherz, Mark D. & Caldwell, M. W., 2021, In: Anatomical Record. 304, 10, p. 2303-2351 49 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Dissecting the tree of life: the prospect of open-access digital resources in morphology, anatomy and taxonomy in training the next generation of zoologists
Ruthsatz, K., Scherz, Mark D. & Vences, M., 2021, In: Zootaxa. 5016, 3, p. 448-450 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › Research › peer-review
Extreme miniaturization of a new amniote vertebrate and insights into the evolution of genital size in chameleons
Glaw, F., Köhler, J., Hawlitschek, O., Ratsoavina, F. M., Rakotoarison, A., Scherz, Mark D. & Vences, M., 2021, In: Scientific Reports. 11, 14 p., 2522.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Into the Chamber of Horrors: A proposal for the resolution of nomenclatural chaos in the Scaphiophryne calcarata complex (Anura: Microhylidae), with a new species-level phylogenetic hypothesis for Scaphiophryninae
Scherz, Mark D., Schmidt, L., Crottini, A., Miralles, A., Rakotoarison, A., Raselimanana, A. P., Köhler, J., Glaw, F. & Vences, M., 2021, In: Zootaxa. 4938, 4, p. 392-420 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Morphological, osteological, and genetic data support a new species of Madatyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) endemic to Mayotte Island, Comoros Archipelago
Hawlitschek, O., Scherz, Mark D., Webster, K. C., Ineich, I. & Glaw, F., 2021, In: Anatomical Record. 304, 10, p. 2249-2263 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Neon-green fluorescence in the desert gecko Pachydactylus rangei caused by iridophores
Prötzel, D., Heß, M., Schwager, M., Glaw, F. & Scherz, Mark D., 2021, In: Scientific Reports. 11, 10 p., 297.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Target-enriched DNA sequencing clarifies the identity of name-bearing types of the Gephyromantis plicifer complex and reveals a new species of mantellid frog from Madagascar
Vences, M., Köhler, J., Andreone, F., Craul, A., Crottini, A., du Preez, L., Preick, M., Rancilhac, L., Rödel, M., Scherz, Mark D., Streicher, J. W., Hofreiter, M. & Glaw, F., 2021, In: Spixiana. 44, 2, p. 175-202 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
The omission of critical data in the pursuit of ‘revolutionary’ methods to accelerate the description of species
Zamani, A., Vahtera, V., Sääksjärvi, I. E. & Scherz, Mark D., 2021, In: Systematic Entomology. 46, 1, p. 1-4 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › Research › peer-review
iTaxoTools 0.1: Kickstarting a specimen-based software toolkit for taxonomists
Vences, M., Miralles, A., Brouillet, S., Ducasse, J., Fedosov, A., Kharchev, V., Kostadinov, I., Kumari, S., Patmanidis, S., Scherz, Mark D., Puillandre, N. & Renner, S. S., 2021, In: Megataxa. 6, 2, p. 77-92 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › Research › peer-review
- 2020
Diamond frogs forever: a new species of Rhombophryne Boettger, 1880 (Microhylidae, Cophylinae) from Montagne D'Ambre National Park, northern Madagascar
Scherz, Mark D., 2020, In: Zoosystematics and Evolution. 96, 2, p. 313-323 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Frogs of the genus Platypelis from the Sorata massif in northern Madagascar: description of a new species and reports of range extensions
Rakotoarison, A., Scherz, Mark D., Köhler, J., Ratsoavina, F. M., Hawlitschek, O., Megson, S., Vences, M. & Glaw, F., 2020, In: Zoosystematics and Evolution. 96, 1, p. 263-274 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Genetic variability and partial integrative revision of Platypelis frogs (Microhylidae) with red flash marks from eastern Madagascar
Glaw, F., Scherz, Mark D., Rakotoarison, A., Crottini, A., Raselimanana, A. P., Andreone, F., Köhler, J. & Vences, M., 2020, In: Vertebrate Zoology. 70, 2, p. 141-156 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Repositories for Taxonomic Data: Where We Are and What is Missing
Miralles, A., Bruy, T., Wolcott, K., Scherz, M. D., Begerow, D., Beszteri, B., Bonkowski, M., Felden, J., Gemeinholzer, B., Glaw, F., Glöckner, F. O., Hawlitschek, O., Kostadinov, I., Nattkemper, T. W., Printzen, C., Renz, J., Rybalka, N., Stadler, M., Weibulat, T., Wilke, T. & 2 others, , 2020, In: Systematic Biology. 69, 6, p. 1231-1253 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › Research › peer-review
Sympatric lineages in the Mantidactylus ambreensis complex of Malagasy frogs originated allopatrically rather than by in-situ speciation
Rasolonjatovo, S. M., Scherz, Mark D., Hutter, C. R., Glaw, F., Rakotoarison, A., Razafindraibe, J. H., Goodman, S. M., Raselimanana, A. P. & Vences, M., 2020, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 144, 8 p., 106700.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Extreme miniaturization of a new amniote vertebrate and insights into the evolution of genital size in chameleons
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‘Barcode fishing’ for archival DNA from historical type material overcomes taxonomic hurdles, enabling the description of a new frog species
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